Leupold VX 3i

[PlusFive]

I just mounted a new vx 3i to my 7 mm remy and sighted it in. I noticed when on high powers 7 through 10 the scope was a little fuzzy especially on the bright colors of the target. The vx3i is clearly brighter than my Nikons but not as crisp at high power. Any ideas if I am missing an adjustment on the scope or is this a warranty issue?

 

[Bulldog0156]

Did you adjust the eyepiece so that the crosshairs are in focus to your eyes?

 

[mtmuley]

Easy way is to point the rifle at a solid background, (like the sky) and adjust the eyepiece till the crosshairs are sharp to your eyes. mtmuley

 

[PlusFive]

The crosshairs are nice and crisp. It is the target. It seems to only be an issue with the bright oranges and yellows of the target. I am going to wait until the rain stops and take it put again to see if it was maybe just the lighting and bright colors. I will play with eye piece too. I figured that was just for eye relief. Thank you!

 

[Cheese Curd]

If you have the side focus/parallax adjustment on your scope that could be your problem. You might need to adjust that at the higher powers to get a sharper picture of the target.

 

[Lonesome_God_outdoors]

I've been thinking one of these is my next scope

 

[Cornell2012]

The crosshairs are nice and crisp. It is the target. It seems to only be an issue with the bright oranges and yellows of the target. I am going to wait until the rain stops and take it put again to see if it was maybe just the lighting and bright colors. I will play with eye piece too. I figured that was just for eye relief. Thank you!

Probably worth giving warranty service a call just to see what they say.

 

[belshawelk]

I just got a VX3i 4.5-14 x50 with my new Nosler I just got. Had some issues sighting in which was no fault of the scope but the fact that I had custom turrets made for my round and somewhere between Leupold, Nosler, and me, I didn't have the MOA turrets to sight in. After getting really frustrated and wasting a box of ammo and went to Leupold where they zeroed my scope, made me MOA turrets and explained how the Custom turrets work ( my first set). I went back tot he range and sighted my gun in and had it shooting 1/2" 2 shot groups and took only 8 to get it exactly where I wanted it. As many have said in the past Leupold service s the best. I have 7 scopes of theirs in various configurations and will never own a different brand. My go to gun is my Remington 700 SPS 300WM that is 15 years old has a VX2 3-9x50 scope. It has at least a dozen airplane rides, gun been dropped, snowed and rained on, bounced all over the front of my quad and I have never lost zero.

I like the new scope, bright, good eye relief and easy dials